Market a clinic, salon, shop or service to the people nearby, on a small budget
A complete local marketing toolkit for owners, small marketing teams and agency account managers: the method, the workbook, the forms, the exact words and a 90-day plan for one location or several.
- A 10-chapter e-book teaching the Local Loop (found, chosen, visited, returned, referred), with one composite two-chair dental clinic running through every chapter
- The Local Marketing Workbook: 14 sheets covering settings, area map, listing audit, review tracker, keywords and pages, weekly planner, offers, partners, events, lead source log, roll-up and a dashboard with 24 live measures and a leads-by-source chart
- 4 fillable PDF forms and 6 Word files, including 46 messages and scripts with consent lines, 24 post templates, 4 web page templates and 28 AI prompts
- A 7-sheet ad budget and break-even calculator, a Start-here map, 3 cheat sheets including platform and law notes by country dated October 2026, a 74-event calendar and a 37-task import file
The Local Business Marketing Kit · Bodhih Pro Kits · 176 by Bodhih Training, trainers to 2,000+ companies since 2008.
How do you market a local business with a small budget?
Start with the free foundations: a complete, accurate Google Business Profile and matching listings, an honest review programme, one web page per service and area with tappable call and booking buttons, and consent-based messaging. Then add offers, partners and events, and test one paid channel against a maximum cost per new customer. The Local Business Marketing Kit from Bodhih Training gives you a file for each step.
Want the full free guide first? Read How to Market a Local Business on a Small Budget: A 90-Day Plan.
You already feel the problem. Here is what it is costing you.
A listing nobody owns
The Google profile was set up years ago with an old phone number, three photos and an unanswered question. Every other channel sends people to it, so every gap costs you calls.
Reviews that sit in silence
Praise goes unthanked and criticism goes unanswered while people compare you with the business down the road. Asking feels awkward, and the rules on incentives and fake reviews are stricter than many owners realise.
A package that reports impressions
Money goes to a boosted post across the whole city or a campaign with no location limit. The report is full of reach, and nobody can say how many new customers it brought.
Messages that annoy instead of bring people back
A festive offer goes to every number ever collected and people reply asking who you are. Consent, stop lines and permitted hours differ by country and few small teams have them written down.
Offers that may or may not work
Discounts run without a code or a cost check, so a busy month gets the credit and a quiet one gets the blame. Nobody knows which offer paid for itself.
No idea where customers come from
"Google" and "a friend" on a paper form is not enough to move a budget. Without a lead log, every decision is a guess.
Picture the next few weeks with the kit open beside you.
Picture your first Monday with the kit. You open the Start-here map, type your business, area, currency and budget into Settings, and search for yourself on your phone the way a customer would. By lunchtime the Listing Audit shows your weakest platform, the wrong number is fixed and the Q&A has its first five answers.
Now it is week three. As you hand a customer the review card at the desk, the words are already in your head, and the reply to last night's critical review is drafted from the planner: calm, specific, and moved offline. The Review Tracker shows this month's count and every reply inside three days.
Imagine the end of month two. You open the Dashboard and the Lead Source Log answers the question every owner asks: which listing calls, which offer code, which partner, which ad. The calculator has already told you the most you can pay for a new customer, so the budget decision takes ten minutes, not a weekend.
And then day 90. The monthly review form is filled in, the owner has signed it, and the next 90-day plan moves money to what the log says works. Whether you start with the e-book tonight or the workbook tomorrow morning, the first hour is already planned.
19 files that do the work for you
The e-book shows you how. The tools make it happen. Here is exactly what you download.
The Local Business Marketing Kit (e-book, PDF)
The guide: methods, worked examples, scripts and exercises
Start here: local marketing map
The whole job as ten steps with the file to open at each, your first hour, a 30/60/90 day use plan and links to measure your starting point.
Local Marketing Workbook
14-sheet workbook: settings, customer and area map with ranking, listing audit with completeness scores, review tracker with reply deadlines and monthly velocity, local keywords and pages, the 80-minute weekly planner, offers and campaigns with cost per new customer, partner register, event planner, lead source log, monthly roll-up and a dashboard with a leads-by-source chart.
Local Ad Budget and Break-Even Calculator
Seven-sheet calculator: what a new customer is worth, the most you can pay to win one, whether each offer pays for itself, channels compared on full cost per new customer including your time, and a monthly budget split with a chart.
Local foundations: customer profile and listing set-up checklist
Three-page fillable form for the first two weeks: the jobs you want, your decision set and proof, your reach and area map, your one-sentence message, then the listing set-up checklist for Google and every other platform, with the NAP check.
Review response planner
Two-page fillable planner: a weekly triage of new reviews with reply deadlines and themes, and a one-page response plan for a critical or serious review that keeps the public reply calm and moves the conversation offline.
Campaign and event planning sheet
Two-page fillable sheet: a one-page campaign brief for any offer, ad, print run or seasonal push with its code, cost and break-even, and a one-page event plan with the goal, partner, budget, consent-based name collection and the 48-hour follow-up.
Monthly local marketing review
Two-page fillable form for the forty-minute monthly review with the owner: the numbers from the Dashboard and roll-up, what worked, what to stop, the budget move and the decisions recorded.
Local marketing message and script library
46 ready-to-edit messages and scripts in 6 groups: review requests, replies to good, mixed, unfair and serious reviews, WhatsApp, SMS and email templates with consent and stop lines, community group replies, partnership proposals, event invitations and follow-ups, the desk question and an agency brief.
Local content templates: Google posts, social posts and web pages
24 post templates across six kinds of post for Google Business Profile and social, plus service, location, prices and FAQ page templates, schema explained in plain words and the WhatsApp click-to-chat link format.
Offers, loyalty and referral programme templates
Ready-to-adapt templates: a first-visit offer, a bundle, a seasonal campaign, a visit-based loyalty scheme, a referral programme with wording for the customer and the friend, and the one-page Reviews and Consent Policy your team can adopt.
90-day local marketing plan template
A ready-to-fill plan in SOSTAC order: situation, objectives, strategy by Local Loop stage, tactics by fortnight, the 80-minute week, budget and control, with the owner's sign-off. Pairs with the calendar and task board files.
Worked example pack: a two-chair dental clinic marketed for 90 days
The main forms and decisions shown completed for one composite case, from the customer profile to the month-three review, with the numbers, so you can see what good looks like.
AI prompt pack for local marketing
28 tool-agnostic prompts grouped by the chapters of the e-book, from naming your jobs to reading the monthly numbers, each with what to paste in and what to check before you use the output.
Weekly routine and decision card
The 80-minute week on one table, then an if-this-then-that card for twenty common moments in local marketing and three checks before anything goes public.
Local marketing mistakes to avoid
Mistakes-to-avoid card: twelve common mistakes with what to do instead and the file that prevents each, plus five ways to lose a review platform's trust.
Platform and law notes by country (October 2026)
Dated quick reference to review-platform rules, messaging consent rules, data protection and advertising rules for India, the UK, the US, Australia, the UAE, the Philippines, Nigeria, Kenya, Singapore and others, with what to check.
90-day local marketing calendar
74 calendar events over 90 days: foundations, listings, reviews, pages, partners, offers, paid tests, the event, three monthly reviews and the 80-minute week, each naming the file to open. Import into a new calendar and move to your dates.
Local marketing task board import
37 tasks for the 90 days as a CSV ready to import into Trello, Asana, Notion, Planner or Jira, with stage, week, owner, file to open and due date.
Chapter by chapter
Each chapter opens with a real situation, gives you a method and ends with something to do today, using the tools in your kit.
- Format
- PDF e-book + XLSX + fillable PDF + DOCX + printable PDF + ICS + CSV
- Files
- 19 files plus a one-click ZIP
- E-book
- 59 pages
- Workbooks
- 14-sheet workbook and 7-sheet calculator, with sample data, formulas and dashboards
- Works with
- Excel, Google Sheets, LibreOffice, Word, Google Docs, Acrobat Reader, GoodNotes, Google Calendar, Outlook, Apple Calendar, Trello, Asana, Notion, Planner, Jira
- Best for
- Clinics, salons, restaurants, gyms, tuition centres, repair services, shops and local offices, one location or several, in any country and currency
Who You Are For, and Where They Are
Jobs to be done, the 95-5 rule in local terms, a customer profile, an area map and a one-sentence message.
Your Listings, Starting with Google
Claim, complete, verify and maintain your Google Business Profile, then match every other listing and score each one.
Reviews as a Programme, Not a Plea
The platform and legal rules, then a programme to ask, reply, learn and measure velocity, with AI in its place.
Local SEO and a Website That Converts
Local keywords, one page per job and place, schema in plain words and a site built for calls, bookings and messages.
Social and Messaging for a Local Business
A six-item post menu, a weekly rhythm, local groups, and WhatsApp, SMS and email with consent.
Offers, Loyalty and Referrals
Offers that remove one doubt, costed before they run, tracked by code, with loyalty and referral loops.
Partners, Community and the Real World
A partner register, small cross-promotion trials, events with a 48-hour follow-up, and print and signage.
Paid Ads With a Small Budget
Local Services Ads, search and Meta local ads, a maximum cost per new customer and budget rules.
Tracking What Works
The desk question, a lead source log, free proxies, the Monday ten minutes and the monthly review.
The 90-Day Plan, the Weekly Rhythm and AI in the Job
Four phases in 90 days, the 80-minute week, how practice differs by country and the human review rule for AI.
Not just reading. Tools you will actually open again.
E-book
- The Local Business Marketing Kit: an introduction, 10 chapters, a conclusion, 2 appendices and 6 hand-drawn figures (PDF)
Start here
- 00-Start-Here-Local-Marketing-Map: the job in ten steps with the file to open at each, your first hour and a 30/60/90 day use plan
Spreadsheets
- Local Marketing Workbook (14 sheets): Start here, Settings, Customer and Area Map, Listing Audit, Review Tracker, Keywords and Pages, Weekly Planner, Offers and Campaigns, Partners, Events, Lead Source Log, Source Summary, Monthly Roll-up and a Dashboard with 24 live measures and a leads-by-source chart
- Local Ad Budget and Break-Even Calculator (7 sheets): what a new customer is worth, the maximum you can pay for one, offer break-even, channel comparison including your time, and a monthly budget split with a chart
Fillable PDF forms
- Local foundations: customer profile and listing set-up checklist (3 parts, with the NAP check)
- Review response planner: weekly triage and a response plan for a critical or serious review
- Campaign and event planning sheet: a campaign brief with code and break-even, and an event plan with a 48-hour follow-up
- Monthly local marketing review: the numbers, what worked, what to stop, the budget move and the decisions
Word templates
- Local marketing message and script library: 46 messages and scripts in 6 groups, with consent and stop lines
- Local content templates: 24 Google and social post templates, service, location, prices and FAQ page templates, schema in plain words and the WhatsApp click-to-chat link format
- Offers, loyalty and referral programme templates, with the one-page Reviews and Consent Policy your team can adopt
- 90-day local marketing plan template in SOSTAC order
- Worked example pack: a two-chair dental clinic marketed for 90 days, in 10 completed parts
- AI prompt pack for local marketing: 28 prompts, each with what to paste in and what to check
Cheat sheets
- Weekly routine and decision card: the 80-minute week and twenty if-this-then-that moments
- Local marketing mistakes to avoid: twelve mistakes with what to do instead
- Platform and law notes by country, dated October 2026
Calendar and import
- 90-day local marketing calendar (ICS): 74 events naming the file to open
- Local marketing task board (CSV): 37 tasks ready for Trello, Asana, Notion, Planner or Jira
When you have worked through it, you will be able to…
Every outcome is practised with a worked example and a tool, not just described.
- Name the three or four jobs you want to be hired for, your decision set and your reach, and rank the areas worth your time
- Set up, complete and maintain a Google Business Profile and matching listings, and score every platform on completeness
- Run a review programme that asks everyone the same honest way, replies within three days and tracks velocity
- Plan and write service and location pages with clear call, booking and WhatsApp buttons
- Message customers with recorded consent, separate service from marketing, and post on a steady weekly rhythm
- Design offers, loyalty and referral schemes, cost them before you run them and track each by code
- Calculate the most you can pay for a new customer and judge every paid channel against it
- Log every lead by source and run a forty-minute monthly review that moves the budget to what works
Know your starting point. Prove your progress.
People who measure before and after improve faster and can show it. AssessAll, our sister assessment platform, has AI-graded assessments that pair with this kit. Take one now, work through the kit, then re-take it.
Small Business Operating Decision Assessment for Shop, Service and Studio Owners
Take the assessment →AssessAll assessmentBusiness & Commercial Acumen
Take the assessment →AssessAll assessmentCustomer Interaction Judgement — Contact Centre
Take the assessment →JobularyHow a Jobulary development plan works
Make it a growth plan →A taste of Chapter 6
The first visit is the moment of maximum doubt. A good first-visit offer removes a specific doubt (price, commitment, time) rather than shouting a percentage. Once someone has visited, the cheapest customer you will ever win is the same person coming back, and the second cheapest is the friend they bring. That is the "Returned" and "Referred" half of the Local Loop, and it is where a small business beats a big one, because a big one cannot remember a name. The 4Ps (product, price, place, promotion), extended to 7Ps for services by Booms and Bitner with people, process and physical evidence, are a useful checklist for designing an offer: what exactly is included, what it costs, where and how it is redeemed, how it is promoted, who delivers it, what the process feels like and what the customer sees.
The honest comparison
| Free templates and typical advice | This kit | |
|---|---|---|
| Listings | Set up once and forgotten | A set-up checklist, a NAP check and a completeness score per platform, re-audited every quarter |
| Reviews | Ask the happy ones, ignore the rest | Ask everyone the same way, no incentives, replies for every situation, themes and velocity tracked |
| Website | A home page and a contact form | One page per job and place, the 10-second phone test, schema in plain words and tappable buttons |
| Messaging | A blast to every number | Consent lines, service and marketing kept apart, stop lines, and country notes dated October 2026 |
| Offers | A percentage off, hoping for the best | Offers that remove one doubt, costed in a break-even sheet and tracked by code |
| Paid ads | A package that reports impressions | A maximum cost per new customer, one channel and one job for four weeks, and a channel comparison |
| Measurement | A blank tracker | A lead source log, monthly roll-up, dashboard and a signed monthly review |
Made for you if…
- Owners and founders of clinics, salons, restaurants, gyms, tuition centres, repair services, shops and local offices who do their own marketing
- Marketing managers and small marketing teams of one to five people looking after one or several locations
- Practice managers and office managers who run the marketing alongside everything else
- Agency account managers who need a clear, measurable plan for local clients
- Businesses in India, the UK, the US, the Gulf, Singapore, the Philippines, Africa and Australia that want practice that travels
Probably not for you if…
- Anyone looking for legal advice: the kit teaches good practice and keeps platform and law specifics in one sheet dated October 2026, with a reminder to check the official source and your adviser
- Creators building an audience across the world: Content Engine 365 and LinkedIn Personal Brand cover that; this kit stays within a few kilometres of your front door
- Businesses that only sell online with no local customers
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Your neighbourhood is already searching. Make sure it finds you.
Open the Start-here map, type your settings into the workbook and search for your business the way a customer would. Whether you begin with the listing checklist this afternoon or the e-book this evening, the first hour is already planned.
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The Local Business Marketing Kit: FAQs
Read the free guideAlready bought? Resend my linkHow do I market a local business with a small budget?
Do the free work first: an accurate, complete Google Business Profile, matching listings, a review programme, clear service pages and consent-based messaging. Then add offers, partners and events, and only then test one paid channel for one job inside your reach. The kit gives each step a chapter and a file.
How do I get more Google reviews without breaking the rules?
Ask every customer the same way at the moment the value is fresh, with a short spoken line, a card with a QR code and one follow-up message. Never offer anything in return, never ask only happy customers and never write or buy reviews. The message library has the exact words and the dated notes sheet lists the platform and law references by country.
How should I reply to a bad review?
Reply within a few days, calmly: acknowledge the specific problem, apologise for the experience without arguing the facts in public, say what you are changing and invite the person to talk offline. Never reveal personal details. The review response planner and ten reply templates cover fair, unfair, mixed and serious reviews.
What is local SEO in plain words?
It is being shown when someone nearby searches for what you do. It rests on a complete listing, steady reviews, a clear web page for each service and area, and the same name, address and phone everywhere. The kit's page templates and Keywords and Pages sheet turn that into a short list of pages to write.
Can I send WhatsApp or SMS offers to my customers?
Only to people who have agreed to receive marketing from you, with a clear way to stop, and within the rules of your country and the platform. Keep service messages separate from marketing. The library includes consent wording and stop lines, and the dated sheet lists what to check in each country.
Does the kit work for more than one location?
Yes. Each location gets its own listing, page, phone number and named owner of reviews and posts, and the workbook's Settings sheet holds a location list so the review tracker and lead log can be read by branch.
Can I use AI for review replies and posts?
Yes, for drafts. The prompt pack has 28 prompts with what to paste in and what to check. A person checks every fact, price and claim against your professional rules, removes anything private and rewrites in your voice before anything is published.
How do I measure my starting point?
AssessAll offers assessments that match this kit: the Small Business Operating Decision Assessment for Shop, Service and Studio Owners, Business & Commercial Acumen, and Customer Interaction Judgement (Contact Centre). Take one before you start and again after the 90 days. They are separate products and not included in the kit.
How do I turn this into a development plan for me or my team?
Jobulary helps you turn what you learn into a development plan with goals and steps. The Start-here map links to how a Jobulary development plan works.
Is this legal advice?
No. The kit teaches good practice. Platform policies, privacy and anti-spam law and advertising rules for regulated professions differ by country and change often, so the specifics sit in one sheet dated October 2026. Check the official source and your adviser before you run a campaign.
How much does The Local Business Marketing Kit cost?
₹999 including 18% GST for buyers in India, or $29 for buyers outside India. One-time payment, no subscription, with an automatic invoice.
How do I get the files after paying?
Instantly. Your download page opens the moment payment succeeds, and a permanent download link is emailed to you. Download each file separately or everything in one ZIP.
What software do I need?
Any of the usual tools: Excel or Google Sheets for spreadsheets, Word or Google Docs for templates, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Preview, Xodo or GoodNotes for the fillable PDFs, and Google, Outlook or Apple Calendar for the calendar plan.
Can I get a refund?
Because it is a digital download, kits are not refundable once downloaded. We always refund a duplicate charge or a failed delivery, and if a file is corrupted and we cannot fix it within 3 working days. Full terms: bodhih.org/refunds.
Can my company buy this for a team?
Yes. Team and company licences, and workshops on this topic run by Bodhih Training, are available. Write to solutions@bodhih.com or call +91 99000 11601.
